heres the situation been in a flare, was having diarrhea, put on preds 40 mg, taking asacol, and flagyl.now today i am slighhtly constipated and would like to get things going, would VEGETABLE JUICEBE OKAY TO HAVE, to get things moving, i dont want to take any laxatives. no pain, no feverany suggestions, i am craving veg juice, is green tea okay, or vegetable soupthanx tigerpawn

Prune Juice , canned pears (canned cuz the fiber is broken down in the canning process, best even to puree it so you don't get no chunks, or chew chew chew :)

I'd be careful of the veg juice if it has tomato in it, as tomato, potato, eggplant and peppers are all part of the nightshade family and while nightshades won't cause inflammation they will make what inflammation you have worse.

Plus those veg juices are full of chemicals...

Green Tea is fine, enjoy, any soup is good. If you can handle chicken broth, home made is the only way to go and it's easy to do, more's the better -- protein loaded. There's a reason they call it Jewish penicillin.

Try liquid cholophyll and see if that helps feed you veg juice craving. As with any supplement, start half dose and work up.

BestCD 24 years. Multiple surgeries in past 10 yrs. 4 year Illeostomy. Mesh rejection. Too close to death, twice. Large inscisional hernia. Perpetually underweight. Short bowel syndrom. Have used a variety of complementary medical therapies. Highly recommend Bowen Therapy as the best body work. Take me vites. Started Low Dose Naltrexone March 27, 2010. Got married for the only time 2008. Survive because of the love of good friends, and because I can. Happy to be alive. IBD needs more awareness and more voices willing to speak up. BE well.

I guess like my daddy said i am impatient, didnt wait for response had a glass of veggie juice, i hope i didnt mess up. just had that cravinthanx for everyone response will try organic apple cider or juice.tigerpawn

Well ya gotta go with a cravin, until the CD tells ya not to. Not like none of us haven't done that, once or twice :)

You might want to try some white rice too, I find that very helpful in the digestive department, in so so many ways!CD 24 years. Multiple surgeries in past 10 yrs. 4 year Illeostomy. Mesh rejection. Too close to death, twice. Large inscisional hernia. Perpetually underweight. Short bowel syndrom. Have used a variety of complementary medical therapies. Highly recommend Bowen Therapy as the best body work. Take me vites. Started Low Dose Naltrexone March 27, 2010. Got married for the only time 2008. Survive because of the love of good friends, and because I can. Happy to be alive. IBD needs more awareness and more voices willing to speak up. BE well.